Chapter 8：Wind Striped Black Wolf

On the Miracle Continent, there was a very clear difference between a wild beast and a magical beast. No matter how ferocious a wild beast was, they could only be a rank-one creature. However, no matter how weak a magical beast was, it would be rank-two. The gap between a wild beast and a magical beast was indescribable. The most basic difference was that any type of magical beast had a stronger body and stronger combat power than a wild beast. Also, a magical beast had the ability to control magic.

Any magical beast could be seen as a magical warrior. They certainly had the formidable make of one.

The Wind Striped Black Wolf was a magical beast that could only be found in the Starfall Forest.

The Wind Striped Black Wolf was different from an ordinary magical beast. The vast majority of magical beasts acted individually. Even other types of magical wolves did the same. After all, magical beasts were better than wild beasts. Since magical beasts had strong bodies and special magical powers, they did not have to rely on hunting as a group. However, the Wind Striped Black Wolf was different. It retained the habit of staying in a group. Their fighting abilities as a group and the unique physical power of the magical beasts allowed them to be the most terrifying enemy in the Starfall Forest.

Drouin and the other were not very clear on what the Wind Striped Black Wolves were. However, they all understood what Sean meant when he said to prepare for battle.

As soon as Sean spoke, the four guards faced the Wind Striped Black Wolf, and they formed a formation, their curved blades pulled out of their sheaths. They squatted slightly, lowering their center of gravity. The archer, who was well aware of his lack of melee ability, retreated immediately and stood with Cecilia. Drouin and Old Pete both seemed very calm and did not show any look of amazement or panic. Drouin pulled out his longsword and did not even take off the round shield on his back. Old Pete took out his longbow, quiver, and longsword and stepped out from the crowd with them in his hand.

The excellent reaction from the rank-three professionals was quite obvious. Cecilia only reacted after everyone had moved into a defensive battle position. Only then did she start to whisper a short magical syllable.

Although the guards had done well in moving into a defensive position, they lacked experience. Because they had never seen a Winged Stripped Black World before, they had adopted a more conservative strategy, which made them miss the best opportunity to attack.

Almost at the same time that everyone started to spread into the formation, a wolf howl. By the time the formation had fully opened, the green stripes on the Wind Striped Black Wolf lit up. In the next moment, it pounced forward.

The Wind Striped Black Wolf did not consider a single one of them important.

Seeing that the magical beast was so arrogant, Drouin snorted coldly and took a step forward. An awe-inspiring aura was emitted from his body in an instant. The longsword in his hand glowed dully. It was the skill of a knight from Drouin. Sean knew what the skill was at a glance. However, the expression on his face was not very good. He saw Drouin turn his body sideways and raise his wrist. The sword swung towards the waist of the Wind Striped Black Wolf.

As soon as the longsword hit, a blast of air broke out from the waist of the Wind Striped Black Wolf. Everyone heard the sound of a wolf howl as the Wind Striped Black Wolf was knocked aside by Drouin's attack. It turned once in the air but landed easily on the ground. Unlike what they had imagined would happen, no blood splattered anywhere. Everyone could not help but be stunned.

Anyone with even a little bit of experience knew very well that the weakness of the wolf lay in its waist. Even for a magical beast, their faults and weaknesses were the same as a wild beast. However, in this world, nothing was absolute. There was a small group of magical beasts that was different from normal magical beasts. Many people would think that they knew what their weakness was, but in reality, it was not their weakness at all. On top of that, the magical beast could use it as a trap to trick the enemy.

The Wind Striped Black Wolf belonged to that small group of magical beasts.

"The throat!" Sean thought for a moment and then tried to explain in a way that would allow everyone to understand as much as possible. "This is a Wind Striped Black Wolf. The magical lines on this type of wolf will light up when they attack. This will greatly increase their speed. Their entire body will be protected by the airflow. Unless your power is strong enough to break the airflow attached to their body, their weakness will only be at their throat. It is the only place not covered by any magical lines," he explained, losing patience the longer they stood around.

The Wind Striped Black Wolf was one of the most commonly seen beasts inside the Starfall Forest. It was also one of the most dangerous. Generally speaking, that kind of magical beast would only appear deep within the center of the Starfall Forest. According to Sean's experiences inside the game "Miracle," the Wind Striped Black Wolf only appeared on the fourth day. However, it had appeared after they had been the Starfall Forest for less than half a day. From Sean's experience in the game, only a class with the strength attribute of 40 points could directly break the airflow protection around a Wind Striped Black Wolf. Otherwise, apart from the vital attack area at its throat, the Wind Striped Black Wolf was practically physically invincible from attacks by humans. It was invincible against any attacks that landed on its body, which meant that swords and arrows would do no good.

However, at present, no one in the team had a class with the strength attribute of more than 40 points. Therefore, if they wanted to deal with this Wind Striped Black Wolf, the best way would be to attack its key weakness.

After listening to the explanation from Sean, Old Pete shook his spear. Then, he rushed up to the Wind Striped Black Wolf by himself. Originally, the Wind Striped Black Wolf was a little afraid of Drouin and the others. However, after the sword attack from Drouin had not caused it any harm, the Wind Striped Black Wolf suddenly looked down on everyone. After it saw that only Old Pete had rushed towards it, the Wind Striped Black Wolf turned fierce as it rushed towards Old Pete, confident in its ability to crush the puny humans.

Seeing the speed of the Wind Striped Black Wolf, Old Pete's eyes turned cold. He stopped moving forward, and steadied his body. He knew that it was impossible to kill the animal with one blow, so he clenched the long spear in his hand, pointed the spearhead towards the ground, and waved his hand to get ready to battle. When he saw that the Wind Striped Black Wolf had sped towards him and was only a few meters away, Old Pete changed his gesture. The long spear in his hand suddenly shot out as it fiercely landed against the neck of the Wind Striped Black Wolf.

A fierce airflow still exploded out from the Wind Striped Black Wolf, pushing Old Pete back half a step.

The airflow completely removed the impact of the swinging attack from Old Pete. In the end, the long spear swept across the neck of the Wind Striped Black Wolf. Just like trying to drive away a kitten and a puppy, there was no attacking power or any threat from the swing. It was even weaker than the previous attack from Drouin.

Of course, it did not indicate that Old Pete was not as good as Drouin. After all, the previous attack from Drouin had used a skill, while the attack from Old Pete had not.

Therefore, the result felt sort of like the Wind Striped Black Wolf had only been slapped. Old Pete had failed to completely stop it from attacking. However, it was fortunate that even though the attack from Old Pete had appeared to be not very threatening, his reaction and movement was not slow at all. When he had realized that his attack had failed, he moved quickly and deftly. He followed the movement of the long spear in his hand and circled to the left side. Old Pete avoided the head-on attack from the Wind Striped Black Wolf.

From that point alone, it could be seen that Old Pete's combat experience was extremely rich. Everyone else there all felt the difficulty of dealing with the magical beast.

It was just a rank-two level 40 magical beast, yet it was able to force Old Pete, who was rank-three, to become helpless. That was the danger of the Starfall Forest. It was also what Sean had worried about before. If they were not careful, there could be heavy casualties.

Drouin seemed to have realized that it would not be easy for Old Pete to deal with the Wind Stripe Black Wolf by himself and went up with his sword to support Old Pete.

"Stop!" As soon as Sean saw Drouin move, he began to rebuke him angrily. He could not deal with people who did not listen to him, especially in times as crucial as the moment they were in. Drouin had to listen to him. Their mission depended on it. "Your mission is not to go over there."

"What do you mean?" Drouin was stunned for a moment. The expression on his face turned a little cold, and an awe-inspiring aura immediately burst out from his body.

However, even when facing the intimidating aura from Drouin, Sean did not react to it at all. "I am the commander. All you guys need to do is to follow my command. I did not tell you to attack, so stand here and wait for my command," Sean said seriously, locking eyes with Drouin to make sure he understood how important the statement was.

It seemed that Drouin had not expected Sean to remain so calm even in the face of his aura. Drouin was shocked for a moment and did not know how to proceed. After a moment, he reluctantly pulling his aura back in and considered Sean's words.

Sean did not have the time to listen to Drouin's thoughts. He turned towards Old Pete and said loudly, "Old Pete, can you hold on?"

"Hold on?" Old Pete did not look back. It was obvious that the stubborn temper of a soldier had been completely brought out. "It is just an animal. I will kill it for you soon!"

Sean ignored him. "You guys! Make a horizontal defense formation!"

Watching Sean take the command from Drouin as if it should have been his and even begin to give battle orders, the four guards looked at each other. They did not know whether to follow his orders or not. Halle and the archer were also stupefied. They never expected that Sean would be so fierce to the point that he would directly take the command away from Drouin. Also, the tone he used when he gave the order showed that he did not care what other people thought at all.

Only Cecilia, who knew Sean's character very well, was quietly preparing her magic without interrupting.

"Are you all idiots? Do you not know how to make a horizontal defense formation?" Sean was not paying attention to anything else. When he saw that the people had not responded to him, he immediately began to bark at them, like he had done before when he was the team captain in the game. "Do I need to teach you the horizontal defense formation? All of you move three meters forward and form a row. Stand side by side, and raise your shield. Let your center of gravity sink downward and let the end of the blades touch the ground! Don't you even know the basics? How did you guys become guards!"

Seeing that Sean was looking down on him, Drouin was so angry that his face turned red. However, he had to restrain the anger inside. He nodded at Halle. After he saw Drouin nod, Halle finally understood and immediately asked the four guards to follow Sean's orders. Once the four guards received their confirmation, they showed their extraordinary qualities.

"Drouin, you do not need to fight at all. The only thing you need to do right now is to stand here and protect Mr. Halle, Cecilia, and our only archer." After Sean saw that the four guards had finally obeyed his order, Sean finally looked at Drouin. "Also, you should take off the shield on your back. It's not something for you to carry to look good. If you aren't going to use it, then you didn't need to bring it in with you."

Drouin clenched his fists angrily at being spoken to in such a condescending tone. However, he still took off the round shield from his back and got into a defensive pose, raising the shield to protect his body and holding his sword out in front of it.

Except for Old Pete and the four guards, everyone else could not take their eyes off Sean to see what he was going to do. There was only one Wind Striped Black Wolf, but he had not gathered everyone's strength to go take care of it. Instead, he had put out a horizontal defense formation. It was difficult for everyone to comprehend. Everyone in the group had fought before, so they knew very well how to fight against a lone wolf. Also, even if they were going to face a pack of wolves, they would never have used the horizontal defense formation. Instead, they would have used a circular defense formation.

Of course, what had stayed inside everyone's minds was the most basic concept, which was the fact that a magical beast would never act in a pack.

But very soon, that basic concept was completely turned on its head.

A wolf cry sounded in the forest, and soon, right where the lone Wind Striped Black Wolf had appeared, two more Wind Striped Black Wolves sprung out.

Sean, whose face had been tightening, suddenly smiled when he saw the appearance of the other two Wind Striped Black Wolves.